Hillary Clinton Faces Heat Over Paid Speeches

6/27/2014 4:03PM

Hillary Clinton is facing a backlash over her paid speeches, with students at UNLV calling on her to reject a $225,000 fee for a planned speech. WSJ's Peter Nicholas discusses what might be the impact on her possible 2016 campaign on the News Hub with Sara Murray.

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... the ... it is and how lot of other pricey speaking he is ... is is your Friday afternoon news have I'm Sara Mary ... former Secretary of State catching flack on multiple fronts for her lucrative speaking engagements ... Suzette the Univeristy and Nevada in Las Vegas pushing her to reject the two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars ... the school plans to cater for an upcoming appearance ... Republicans are of course even on this moment you ... saying it's just this kind of event that demonstrates how out of touch the potential presidential candidate in ... the everyday voters ... here with more analysis is that it's a political reporter Peter Nicholas ... he didn't say much for joining us ... a third review due to let ... the students unless they ask what's at the heart of their complain about these high speaking fees ... well um they're dealing with with the bikes on the border regions of food for seventy percent with an hikes ... truth with an increase in UNLV over four years ... to begin with that and they see reports that going on is the ... stepping up ... to a twenty five thousand dollars speech on behalf of her up Emma's charitable foundation ... and wrinkles because they think the money could go to student scholarships ... they think that the Aga Khan we can get back the money ... and up to the fore thought that I read this directly ... and so there's a live in a pop ... I need to put Leicester for her because it sometimes he's trying to ... champion of the ... entrance of struggling students ... I fees accepting a fee from a university that students see is being taken out of their pockets ... into singing as Republicans are using this and I'm just another sign of how likely this LLP a sell out of touch ... this ... is some irony here bring Peter isn't this the same argument we heard Democrats make against Mitt Romney ... yes is the top he writes there are the resort Democrats very successfully and Mitt Romney ... as are insulated remote out of touch the ... multimillionaire ... and ... as the iam an executive Bain Capital the private equity firms which you covered dock in two thousand twelve ... and that argument gain traction and head ... for Obama group suggested it ... now Republican seat issues on the other four and they're trying to say that we planted ... itself multimillionaire and is herself out ... of touch with everyday Americans on their mortgages and our utility bills ... total expenses reaction response to that as well ... maybe I am wealthy but and we're from marker of dementia for par for it ... and the odd she is never forgotten that she's a champion of data on middle class and ... up for underprivileged all folks and that she was policies or a wife ... to tell your address so was his Americans by the Germans used in a ... silk and anything is like the eventually going have to give up these lucrative speaking gigs she get serious about wanting to run for president twenty sixteen ... we are not in the dark right Boston mouse Quest were awesome too ... and I think is the focal matter Ferro I think that probably says that were Tennessee is getting back to the stage appearances ... for the disease that God maybe should donate the money back to ... the school will see that she aam High's that probably discounter fees or when they see that she just awful gross motor altogether as this event look pathetic Farber ... of were reporting today that she received three hundred thousand dollars from UCLA for specific gave ... up back in March the flood of money and it's it's it's the problem for her just as one of the UN out the fee is ... your luggage is making her defenses that and schools are making is that this money come from private foundation donors ... and doesn't necessarily have come out of ... state funds are public funds ... but it's our critics would say well you know it's just a different Papa gets out money that could otherwise be made available to students ... typically you can't help but that argument in fact these Republican attacks Peter thanks for joining us ... the answer